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Who would have thought that a night on the town could have ended up with an eighty-two year prison sentence for a young, Dustin Turner. Dustin Turner who was wrongly accused for the murder of a Ms. Jennifer Evans, who was vacationing at Virginia Beach Oceanfront at the time. Dustin would have been granted release from prison at the Virginia court of appeals, but was denied by Virginia Supreme court in a split 2-1 decision. Dustin Turner must be freed considering that the Virginia Court system has deprived him of his unalienable right and right to free will.
After leaving the bar with Dustin and Jennifer, Billy Joe Brown was making flirtatious advances towards Jennifer, which she denied. In a drunken rage, Billy killed Jennifer. Billy Joe then forced Dustin to help hide Jennifer’s body or Billy would kill Dustin, too. In a state of fear, Dustin helped with the disposal of Jennifer’s Body. After eight days after the accident, Dustin Turner confessed about everything that happened that night to the Virginia police. At the court hearing, Billy Joe pinned the crime on Dustin, whereas Dustin pled the truth about what happened. Even in doing so, Dustin Turner was convicted an eighty-two year sentence to a Virginia Penitentiary.
Billy Joe Brown, the main suspect of the case, was the
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All Dusty needed to get his case overturned was a “writ of actual innocence”, which was granted to him via Billy Joe Brown, who later found Jesus Christ while in prison. In a split 2-1 decision by a three-judge panel Dusty would be free. Instead of being released, Dustin Turner was instead still sentenced guilty by the Virginia Supreme Court, stating “ Dustin Turner did not need to be forceful with Jennifer Evans in order to get his way with her”.Thus, to this day, Dustin remains in prison. Every year, Dustin Turner’s parents make a petition for Dusty’s release. It has not yet been

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